מְזִמָּה
mᵉzimmâh · mez-im-maw'
a plan, usually evil (machination), sometimes good (sagacity)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2161 (זָמַם);
a plan, usually evil (machination), sometimes good (sagacity)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (wicked) device, discretion, intent, witty invention, lewdness, mischievous (device), thought, wickedly.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to cut, to sustain › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to cut, to sustain of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְזִמָּה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
19 occurrences · 19 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and discretion2 · 11%
- discretion2 · 11%
- of wicked devices2 · 11%
- and the devices1 · 5%
- every thing, and that no thought1 · 5%
- in the devices1 · 5%
- is not in all his thoughts1 · 5%
- a mischievous device1 · 5%
- wicked devices1 · 5%
- against thee wickedly1 · 5%
- of witty inventions1 · 5%
- a mischievous1 · 5%
- lewdness1 · 5%
- the thoughts1 · 5%
- the intents1 · 5%
- for his device1 · 5%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.